At the direction of President Barack Obama, FEMA continues to lead the federal government's effort to provide assistance and support to states affected by Hurricane Sandy, ensuring the federal family and its public and private partners continue to provide all available resources to support state, local, and tribal communities in affected areas. In addition to the updates on this page, visit our blog and read our FAQs.

Disaster Recovery Centers: a Disaster Recovery Center is a readily accessible facility or mobile office where applicants may go for information about FEMA or other disaster assistance programs, or for questions related to your case.

State Emergency Management Offices:
You may want to contact the State Emergency Management Offices responding to Hurricane Sandy. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is working with those offices as well as other disaster responders.For a listing of ALL State Emergency Management Offices, the web site is www.fema.gov and click on the "Select a State" mapState Emergency Management Offices:

Subcontracting Opportunities with FEMA Prime Contractors:
Below is a listing of some FEMA Prime Contractors. If you are interested in Hurricane Sandy subcontracting opportunities or subcontracting opportunities in general, please visit these web sites and/or email the person listed. Some websites will bring you directly to the company Supplier & Contractor Registration Page.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE):
Charles W. Mason, MSG, USA
Hurricane Recovery - Requirement Information
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
New York District
ALandT Contracting NCO
RFO New York
(718) 888-3185Charles.w.mason@usace.army.milBecome a member of the Corps of Engineers Contractor Registries
If you are interested in performing disaster response and recovery work such as debris removal the COE website is:http://www.usace.army.mil

Other Websites:

U.S. Small Business Administration - Hurricane Recovery Information - www.sba.gov/sandy
Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) - http://www.fbo.gov
To find Federal business opportunities; you can search by inserting Hurricane Sandy in the search box.http://www.USA.gov Click on "Hurricane Sandy Recovery". Then click on "Government Contracting" and it will take you to the Emergency Response page with GSA listed.General Services Administration - http://www.gsa.gov
Public access to Government Spending - Displays information on specific spending initiatives including the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act covering Hurricane Sandy - www.federaltransparency.gov

New York: The New York City (NYC) Webpage - including Post Sandy Cleanup - http://www.nyc.gov/html/cdbg/html/home/home.shtml
NYC Small Business Services - New Hurricane Sandy Recovery Initiatives to be funded with $1.8 Billion in Federal Grants. http://www.nyc.gov/html/sbs/html/home/home.shtml
New York State Office of General Services - http://www.ogs.ny.gov
Click on the Design and Construction Opportunities link which will bring you to a Special Notices section with a Hurricane Sandy listing of pre-approved vendors. To become a pre-approved vendor click on the contractor opportunities in the design and construction opportunities section, then click on emergency contracting.
New Jersey State Office - Hurricane Sandy information can be found at http://www.state.nj.us/njbusiness

To do business with the Federal Government - your company must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) Database. To register your company on-line: Go To:https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM - click on "Register Entity". An entity wishing to do business with the federal government, such as FEMA, in the event of a natural disaster can complete the Disaster Relief section. You may enter up to three States for the "Geographic Area Served".

FEMA has been collaborating with many national, state, tribal, and local partners in response to Hurricane Sandy, including the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (NVOAD) and the Corporation for National and Community Service. Learn more on how you can donate and volunteer responsibly to assist the survivors of Hurricane Sandy.

Rumor Control

There is a lot of misinformation circulating online. Visit our Rumor Control page for an on-going list of rumors and their true or false status.